Stove or range



(No Model.)

A. M. BLAKESLEY.

STOVE 0R RANGE.

No. 338,701; Patented Mar. 30, 1886.

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ALPHEUS M. BLAKESLEY, OF ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS.

STOVE OR RANGE.

EiPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,701, dated March30, 1886.

Application filed May 28, 1885. Serial No. 166,906. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALrHEUs M. BLAKES- LEY, of Rock Island, in thecounty of Rock Island and State of Illinois, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Stoves and Ranges, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to grates; and it consists in various features anddetails hereinafter more fully set forth.

My invention may be applied to stoves or ranges of most all ordinarystyles, and particularly to those in which the fire-place is in thefront part thereof; but I will illustrate and describe it as embodied ina stove or range of this latter description.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the front of a stoveembodying my invention, the side plate broken away to show the variousparts. The grate in this figure is shown as dumped, the normal positionsof the various parts being indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a likeView of the front of a stove or range with grate closed andshaker-handle removed. Fig. 3 is a like view of the front of a stove,with the front plates broken away and closed grate, showing in dottedlines the limit of the movement of the grate. when shaken. Fig. 4 s afront view of a portion of a stove, showing the escutcheon. Fig. 5 is adetail of the shakenhandle. Fig. 6 is a detail of grate and dump-lever,and Fig. 7 a detail view of the shaking mechanism.

A is a stove or range of the well-known pattern, having afire-place, B,in front, and exitfine 0 in the center of its closed side.

D is a fire-back, sustained in its position on the upper part of thefront oven-plate by its hooked upper end, d, resting on the projectingtop d of such plate.

E is the grate, with shafts or pintles e e on 1ts rear side, the formerworking in a bearing formed on the closed side plate, the latter havinga grooved bearing, 6 in a support, 6 be tween the front stove-plate andfront ovenplate. This support is provided with a lug, e, in front of thegroove, to prevent the escape of the shaft therefrom when in operation.The shaft 6 has an upwardly-projecting radial arm, 6 either madeintegral with the grate or rigidly secured thereto. The upper end of thearm is preferably flattened, and, by a rivet, 6 passing through acentral hole therein, as well as in the rear end of a slotted link, F,in which such end of the arm rests, is swiveled thereby. The forwardportion of the grate has a lateral projection, e, the end of which isprovided with a forwardly-extending lug, 6

F is a link with its rear end slotted to receive the flattened upper endof the radial arm from the grate, and to which the arm is swiveled bythe rivet c. This link is curved downward in the middle to clear theopen side of the fire-place to a line with the bottom of the fire-door,and thus permit the ready introduction of fuel and avoid the obstructionto the free access thereof which a straight link would cause, the frontportion of such curve, when the link is actuated to bring it in contactwith the rear side of the front plate serving also as a stop to suchlink,and consequently to the further actuation of the grate. The forwardportion of the link-bar is supported in a slot, I), in the frontstove-plate, through which the link plays, and has also auotch, b,therein, with the end of such link from the notch adapted to be receivedwithin the hollow end of the shaker-handle by which the link isactuated. The action of link through its con nection with theupwardly-projecting arm from the rear side of the grate is to rock thegrate upon its bearings as the lever is moved backward and forward, theformer closing and the latter (lumping the grate.

G is alatch, pivoted at its upper end to the stove-plate, slightly abovethe slot for the link in the front plate, and provided with a notch, g,on one or both sides of its free end, the position of the notch ornotches being such that when the link is adjusted to close the grate andthe free end of the latch drops down upon the link the edge opposed tothe notched side of the former will fit into such notch.

II is a shaker-lever, pivoted at or about its center to the front plateof the stove, below that of the dumpinglever above described, itsforward end, h,projectiug through a slot in the front stove-plate,beyond the front face thereof, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 4, and 7, andadapted to be received within the hollow end of a shaker-handle, itsrear formed with a downwardly-extending forked projection, h,

at right angles to its body portion and adapted to receive theforwardly-extending lug on the forward projection of the grate.

I is ashaker-handle with ahollow end adapted to receive the forward endsof the shaker and dump levers. The top and bottom of the hollow end areprojected beyond the line of such end in the form of a semicircle,or,preferably, coming to a point at the middle and curving to both sides atthe end, as shown at i.

It often becomes necessary or expedient in the ordinary use of a stoveor rangeas, for instance, to clear it of clinkers .or accumulated ashesor cinders of such a size as are prevented from being removed throughthe spaces bea tween the grate-bars or the medium of shaking-to causethe entire bed of the fire to be dumped, and thus rid the fire-place ofwhatever may be in it. In most styles of devices for this purpose thegrate is hung from the middle, and consequently, when the fire is dumpedit is thrown on both sides of the grate,

.and in righting it both sides are opposed by the deposits lying againstthem,and considerable trouble to turn the grate caused thereby; also, inthis form of grate, the spacefor dumping the fire being thus divided,the removal of the ashes or clinkers is rendered less easy, andespecially is this so if there be among such any large chunks or pieces.Then, again, in dumping such a grate the operator has to lift the bodyof ashes, fuel, or fire on one side of it until the grate is raisedsufficiently to allow the deposit to slide through either or both sides.

In my invention the grate is hung from the rear and the largest chutefor the dumping of the fire thereby provided, and being so hung thegravity of the grate when the link is released will, without any liftingor other force applied thereto, be sufficient to dump it. The spacebetween the chute and ash-pan is so large that an ordinary amount ofashes or other material in the fire-place will be readily dumped intothe ash-pan without encumbering the grate therewith, and the forward endthereof will be practically clear from contact therewith, and may easilybe swung up into place again by the link when the dumping operation iscompleted.

In ordinary use the grate of the range or stove is held in a horizontalposition, to prevent the escape of the fuel while in process ofcombustion, and such in a stove or range embodying my invention is shownin Fig. 2.

Now, when it is desired to dump the grate the hollow end of theshaker-handle is placed upon the end of the dumping-link F and is pushedtoward the stove, when the curved or semicircular projections from itsend will slide under and raise the latch from contact with the lever,and permit the latter to be lifted until the notch in its forwardportion clears. the slot in the front plate, when the gravity of thegrate, acting through its connection by the arm therewith, will thrustthe lever forward through the slot untilits further progress isprevented by the forward part of the downward curve on such link comingin contact with the back part of the front stoveplate, and the gratewill thus be dumped and held in such position until readjusted. Thegrate being thus dumped, as shown in Fig. 1, its adjustment isaccomplished by pushing the dumping-link back (which through its con.-nection with the grate-arm rocks the grate upward) until the notch onits forward portion passes beyond the slot in the front plate, when theweight of the lever causes it to fall in such slot, with the notchbeyond the inner face of the plate, and the grate is thus held in aclosed position. upon the link, with its notch fitting thereon, andprevents the link from being again actuated without the insertion of theshaker-han- 'use thereafter.

The shaking of the grate is accomplished in the usual manner by the useof the handle thrust through its hollow end upon the end of theshaker-lever, and then moving the handle from side to side, the longshafts on the rear of the grate and bearings therefor affording amplelateral play thereto.

1. In combination with a stove, grate E, provided on its rear withlateral pintles e e and radial arm e bars or supports for said grate,and link F, connected to the radial arm, extending through the frontplate of the stove and provided with a notch to engage with the front ofthe stove, as shown, whereby'the grate may be locked .in position.

2. In combination with a stove, grate E, provided at its rear withlateral pintles e e and radial arm 0 bars or supports forsaid grate, alink, F, connected to the radial arm, extending through the frontof thestove and notched to engage therewith, and a latch or button, G,pivoted'to the front plate to en-' gage with the link F, as and for thepurpose set forth.

3. In a range or stove, the combination of a grate, E, journaled uponlateral pintles e e at its rear ends, aradial arm, e secured thereto, anotched link, F, connected with the latter and working through a slot inthe front plate, a latch, G, pivoted to the front plate of the stove toengage the link F, and a handle, I, to fit upon the end of link F, andhaving its end rounded, asat t, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a stove or range, the combination of the grate E, having pintles ee and radial arm The latch then drops down IOO 6', with link F, havingnotch b, latch G, and H, having forward end, h, projecting beyondshaker-handle I, all constructed and arranged the front plate, andforked rear end, h, and a IO substantially as described. shaker-handle,I, all constructed and arranged 5. In a stove or range, the combinationof substantially as described. 5 the grate E, having shafts or pintles ee, lat- ALPHEUS M. BLAKESLEY.

eral projection e in front portion, forwardly- W'itnesses: extending luge and radial arm e with the CORNELIUS LYNDE, link F, having notch I),latch G, shaker-lever J. E. LOOSLEY.

